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Each situation is unique and only your rhinoplasty surgeon knows the specific details of your procedure and should be the person commenting on post-operative questions such as this which may be affected by: whether you have high blood pressure whether there was excessive bleeding during surgery
Alar base reduction surgery while relatively minor, does require some recovery. As for recovery and activity level, you should ask your surgeon he is the best person to ask.
Hi, If you only had an alar base reduction then your're OK to exercise 10 days after surgery. However, you may want to ask your surgeon. Best, Dr.S.
I usually tell my patients to avoid strenuous physical activities for two weeks after nasal surgery. However, you should always follow your surgeon's recommendations.
Hi, Just 8 days after alarplasty, you still have some swelling and numbness from the local anasthetics used. This sensation should go away with the next 3 months. Best, Dr.S.
Most experienced rhinoplasty surgeons are also experienced in alar base reduction. It is a pretty common procedure. Go ona few consults with different plastic surgeons and you should be able to find a surgeon with whom you are comfortable.
Yes too early one week is very early i ask myself and my patients to resist making judgement until at least one month (and even that is too early) the earliest you can get a good sense for how things are going to look is three months, and it really takes a year to get the best sense...